3i Group 2008 Annual Report

3i is an international leader in private equity with €8.5 billion of assets under management. The firm focuses on Buyouts, Growth Capital and Infrastructure and invests across Europe, Asia and North America. 3i seeks investments in 8 key sectors that include oil, gas and power, technology, media, business services, healthcare, consumer, general industrial and financial services.

3i is an international leader in private equity with €8.5 billion of assets under management. The firm focuses on Buyouts, Growth Capital and Infrastructure and invests across Europe, Asia and North America. 3i seeks investments in 8 key sectors that include oil, gas and power, technology, media, business services, healthcare, consumer, general industrial and financial services.

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3i is a world leader in private equity. We focus on buyouts, growth capital,infrastructure and quoted private equity, investing across Europe, Asiaand the US.

Our purpose:to provide quoted access to private equity returns.Our vision:to be the private equity firm of choice:– operating on a world-wide scale;– producing consistent market-beating returns;– acknowledged for our partnership style; and– winning through our unparalleled resources.Our strategy:– to invest in high-return assets;– to grow our assets and those we manage on behalf of third parties;– to extend our international reach, directly and through investing in funds;– to use our balance sheet and resources to develop existing andnew business lines; and– to continue to build our strong culture of operating as one companyacross business lines, geographies and sectors.